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Whenever You Feel Small and Insignificant…

Jun 10, 2011 // by SeventhSwami // Blog // 1 Comment

Whenever you feel small and insignificant, remember the following:

1. That the human neocortex is the most densely complex thing discovered in the universe by man.

2. That it is a scientific fact that the iron in your blood was formed at the core of 1 or more stars that went supernovae long ago.

3. That YOU played an important part in earth’s most significant period of change in history.

animated gif courtesy of: http://awlblogs.blogspot.com/2011/02/cool

Whenever you feel small and insignificant, remember the following:

1. That the human neocortex is the most densely complex thing discovered in the universe by man.

2. That it is a scientific fact that the iron in your blood was formed at the core of 1 or more stars that went supernovae long ago.

3. That you played an important part in earth’s most significant period of change in history.

The XKCD “Height” Poster

Jun 16, 2009 // by SeventhSwami // Blog, Uncategorized // 1 Comment

Totally buying this for work. (link) We love info-graphics here. And XKCD delivers the awesome. I’m a big fan of large-scale graphics that are fun to look at and packed with data. Kind of like those cartooney maps you get at disneyland when you were a kid, that you spend weeks staring at after you got home. Edward Tufte calls these “mega graphics“… i call them “entertaining maps.”

One of my all-time favorites is the “Online Communities Map.” (link) The first time i saw it I just stood there in awe for 20 minutes or so.